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April 17, 1997 –Thursday
 

DENNY, Williw P.
 

Mr. Willie P. Denny, age 93, died Monday, April 14, 1997 at Garrard County Memorial Hospital in Lancaster.
 

A resident of Perryville Road, Harrodsburg, he was born October 24, 1903 in Madison County and was the son of the late George W. and Susie Elizabeth Best Denny.
 

He was a retired farmer and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Boyle County.
 

Survivors include: his wife, Joetta Lane Denny, Harrodsburg; four sons, Jimmy G. (Mollie) Denny, Mercer County, Willie Louis (Judy) Denny, Garrard County, Joe M. (Joan) Denny, Burgin and Russell "PeeWee" (Annie) Denny, Mercer County; five daughters, Shirley D. Hale and Betsy Tipton, both of Lexington, Mrs. Pete (Judy Lee) Jeffries, Garrard County, Mrs. Gerald (Elizabeth "Coonie") Smith, Crab Orchard, Mrs. Robert (Loretta) Edwards, Fair Bluff, NC; two sisters, Pearl Logan and Clara Jones, both of Lancaster; one half sister, Mrs. Charlie (Barbara) Ray, Garrad County; one half brother, Garland Edward Denny, Nicholasville.
 

Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 17 at Ramsey Funeral Home in Lancaster with Rev. Barry Jeffries and Rev. Jerry Browning officiating. Burial will be in the Lancaster Cemetery.
 

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Bruce Jeffries, Jeffrey T. Smith, Jimmy Denny Jr., Anthony Wayne Ennis, Donnie Hale, Richard Denny and Tony Denny. Granddaughters will serve as honorary pallbearers.